Gotham season 5 will feature major new Batman villains – with huge time jump for series finale

The final season of Gothampromises a jump to the future for fans, as Fox teases a host of villains ready to hit the doomed city at New York Comic Con.

The premiere episode being named 'Year Zero', the ten-episode long fifth season will be set a decade on, "after the bridges have been blown and the government has disavowed Gotham … people are fighting for survival", according to showrunner John Stephens.

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Inspired by the 'No Man's Land' theme from the comics, gangs of baddies will be seen terrorising the town and slicing up the territory for themselves.

Not only are familiar faces reportedly returning from the long list of Gotham villains, including the likes of Zsasz, Mad Hatter, Scarecrow, Hugo Strange and Penguin, fresh foes will also be thrown into the ticking time bomb that is Gotham.

Stephens admitted that he had been waiting a long time for the go-ahead on the rights to use Bane. "If you ask and you plead and you beg enough, and your show isn't continuing, they give it to you," he quipped.

Bane's story will have a new angle in comparison to the tale told by Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises. Gotham's Bane will play out his origins, also with a major arc from the comics where he breaks Alfred's back.

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Stephens also added that Harley Quinn may feature in the show, while the question of a potential Joker storyline is still yet to be answered. He mysteriously said that the show's version of Joker, Jeremiah (Cameron Monaghan) "has a somewhat deranged girlfriend, who dresses in a multi-coloured fashion".

"I wouldn't describe it as a healthy relationship … she likes roller skates," he added.

Whether they will choose to use the moniker of Harley Quinn remains to be seen, but Stephens' description certainly fits the famous felon.

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